Chapter 2: Wives of Al-Hasan ibn Ali
Al-Hasan’s Marriage to the Daughter of Talhah ibn Ubaydullah:
Shu’ayb ibn Yasar narrated: Al-Hasan came to Ishaq ibn Talhah (a son of Talhah ibn Ubaydullah) and said: I have come to you for something and you cannot turn me away.
Ishaq asked: what is it? Al-Hasan requested: Give me your sister, Umm Ishaq, in marriage.
Ishaq ibn Talhah replied: Mu’awiyah has written to me, proposing to her on behalf of his son Yazid.
Al-Hasan said: you cannot turn me away after I have come to you, give her to me in marriage.
Ishaq ibn Talhah agreed and said: Go to your wife.
Al-Hasan ibn Ali sent a garment to her and visited Umm Ishaq.
News of this reached Mu’awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, who suggested allowing Umm Ishaq to choose between Yazid ibn Mu’awiyah and Al-Hasan ibn Ali.
Umm Ishaq chose Al-Hasan, and Mu’awiyah approved of this.
After Al-Hasan ibn Ali died, his brother, Al-Husayn married Umm Ishaq.
The Rest of Al-Hasan’s Wives:
Historians state that Al-Hasan ibn Ali married Khawlah al-Fizariyah, Ja’dah bint al-Ash’ath, Aisha al-Khayh’amiyah, Umm Bashir bint Abi Mas’ud, Hind bint Abdur-Rahman ibn Abu Bakr, Umm Abdullah and others.
There may have been a few more wives of Al-Hasan as well.
However, there are some reports that claim Al-Hasan married seventy or ninety women.
Some reports even state that he married two hundred and fifty or three hundred women, but these claims are completely fabricated.
Children of Al-Hasan ibn Ali:
It is reported that Al-Hasan ibn Ali had twenty-two children in total.